Improvement in shifting-rails for vehicles



J. L. FISHER. Shifting-Rail for. Vehicles.

No. 221,295. Patented Nov. 4,1879.

WITNESSES 0%yym R ATTORNEY N. PETERS, PHDTO-UTHOGRAFHER, WASHINGTON D C UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JOHN L. FISHER, OF WHITE WATER, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF OF HIS RIGHT TO EDVVARD MONTAGUE WILCOX, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHIFTING-RAILS FOR VEHICLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 221,295, dated- November 4, 1879; application filed April 21, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J 011N LESLIE FISHER, of White Water, in the county of \Valworth and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Shifting-Rails for Vehicles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being bad to the annexed drawings-making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of my improved shifting-rail for vehicles with the seat-backremoved,in plan view. Fig. 2 is a rear view thereof; and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same, partly in section.

, This invention relates to certain improve- 1 ments in shifting-rails for vehicles, the object of which is to provide for easily and quickly connecting and disconnecting the back-rail of the seat; and the nature'of theinvcntion consists in constructing the back-rail with front and rear hooks, adapted to be sprung and lockedinto catches or eyes connected to the seat, and held in place by intermediate stepprojections and engaging-studs, substantially as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, A marks the seat, with its parts fastened together by irons or braces cm, in the usual manner. The upper ends of the rear braces or irons are provided with projecting staples or eyes I) I),

and the front-side braces with notches I).

B is the back-rail of the scat, having the arm or side pieces, 0 0, connected to a springbar, 0, of the back-rail.

The arms or side bars, 0, and the spring-bar c are provided (the former at their forward ends) with forwardly-projecting hooks d, fittinginto the notches b at that end of the seat, and at their rear ends with downwardlyprojecting studs (1, entering locking eyes or staples d on the seat, or rather in its braces, while the springbar c is provided with rearwardly-projecting hooks c e, fitting into eyes or staples b in the back-braces of the seat.

To disconnect the back rail B of the seat, press at the points of connection in rear inwardly upon the spring-bar c, and as the hooks c 0 come in a line with their eyes or sta' ples, lift the back-rail, then move the latter rearwardly, when its other hooks will be dis engaged from their notches or catches, allowing it to be removed.

The method of again uniting the back-rail to the seat is ett'ected .by simply inserting its forward hooks, d, in their notches or catches b, which will bring their studs 61 in line with their coincident eyes or staples, and then pressing upon the spring-bar c,-as before, until the rear hooks,c, are in line with their eyes or stapics, the latter books, with a slight downward pressure or movement of the rail, will spring into and be locked in their eyes or staples,

thus firmly and securely locking the back-rail in position.

As the spring-pressure of the bar 0 is outward, or in the same direction as that which may be exerted by the occupant of the seat, thereis little or no liability to accidental disengagement.

I am aware that a spring shifting rail adapted to be attached to a buggy-body is not new; hence I make no broad claim to such in-' vention.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent The combination, with the seat, having the rear eyes, 1), front notches, b, and stop-perforations d' between the same, of the seat-back rail, having the spring-bar 0, provided with rearward hooks, e, passing through the eyes 7), forward books, (I, engaging with the front notches, b, and locking-studs d, engaging with the stop-perforations 01 and preventing forward or rear movement of the rail after it is sprung into position, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN LESLIE FISHER.v

WVitnesses e E. M. WILGOX, J. A. PARTRIDGE. 

